Are shade tolerance, survival, and growth linked? Low light and nitrogen effects on hardwood seedlings

Agriculture & Biology

• shade tolerance 85%
• hardwood 64%
• seedlings 38%
• nitrogen 36%
• shade 29%
• Ostrya 17%
• Betula alleghaniensis 14%
• Betula papyrifera 13%
• plant morphology 12%
• Acer 11%
• forest soils 11%
• marshes 10%
• Ostrya virginiana 8%
• photosynthesis 7%
• Quercus rubra 6%
• Acer saccharum 6%
• hardwood forests 6%
• forest communities 6%
• deciduous forests 5%
• leaf mass 5%
• Quercus 4%
• leaf area 4%
• leaves 2%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• light effect 100%
• shade tolerance 97%
• seedling 63%
• nitrogen 37%
• effect 14%
• trade-off 9%
• forest soil 9%
• marsh 9%
• photosynthesis 9%
• community dynamics 5%
• deciduous forest 5%
• rate 4%
• ranking 4%
• disturbance 3%
• resource 2%